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Human rights advocates fear new ruling could deter people from using system designed to facilitate protests – and expose them to risk of criminal charges

Three environmental defenders – people who take action against the exploitation of natural resources – are murdered or disappeared somewhere in the world every week. The latest report by Global Witness, an NGO that investigates environmental and human rights abuses, has recorded more than 2,250 such cases since 2012.

Withdrawing the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), once a fringe idea, has become a defining issue for political parties. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, who previously opposed leaving, has now said the Conservatives will take the UK out of the convention if they win an election.

Murder by bone-saw, lashings for rape victims, punishment amputation, jail for satirists … these are the Saudi human rights abuses fuelling the fury at the likes of Louis CK, Dave Chappelle and Jimmy Carr. How have they responded?

Al-Haq previously challenged the Department for Business and Trade’s decision to continue licensing exports of components for F-35 fighter jets.

UK banks, energy giants and arms exporters are at the heart of one of the world’s least-known human rights and environmental crises, our research has revealed.

Comedian defends appearance at controversial comedy festival, saying: ‘It felt right afterward. I vibed with them’

IN FOCUS: Jaffar Express, a train that connects the insurgency-hit province of Balochistan with the rest of Pakistan, has been repeatedly targeted, Namita Singh reports

The head of the UN’s Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine said more than 100 minors have been detained this year for acts of sabotage that they have been recruited to do over social media platforms like Telegram.

Hundreds of arrests at pro-Palestine rallies have ignited outrage across Britain, as Amnesty International condemns the UK's tightening crackdown on peaceful protest and questions grow over the country's commitment to free expression.

On Monday, French prosecutors opened a criminal investigation into Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) Siri after receiving a complaint.